Dual Approaches

[Ed note: two of this week's participants worked at the same idea—capture a subject through the mirror of another camera—in completely different, completely wonderful ways. ]

Lead Shot
Canon 7D, Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro: 1600 ISO 1/50

"Picture of the reflection from the internal mirrors through the viewfinder of a Pentex Spotmatic with the focus lens taken out. Took quite a few tools and brute force to get it apart to remove the lens. It really shows how indestructible these old cameras really were."
-Beau Blochlinger

Photograph taken with an Olympus PEN EP-1 at ISO 1000 with a 17mm lens
at f2.8.

"Subject was captured through the lens of a Canon XTi with a 50mm prime, bouncing off the internal mirror, then through the eyepiece. Got a laugh in that it's a non-SLR camera capturing the subject through a DSLR."
- Michael Koperwas

Most Wallpapery

"Walking around the office looking for reflective surfaces, I came across our table we use for eating. Nothing really caught my eye until I found some marbles in my Boss's office. There are many reflections that caught my eye, including the reflection of the windows/chairs on the table inside the marble, and the reflection of the marble itself. Hope you enjoy."
-Michael Burgos

I Just Liked It

"I took this walking down the street in NYC this past Thursday somewhere near the Chrysler Building (42nd & Lex). It was a beautiful, sunny day out so I dropped the exposure a few stops. Other than that, no special settings were used. That 50mm is pretty forgiving. :]"
-Ian Poley

Winner

"All natural light from the window."
[Ed note: The image is as simple as it is shocking.]
- Dago Matic

This week was especially fun (and hard) to judge, as I don't know we've seen such a diverse number of approaches to a common theme ever before. The entire, awesome gallery is below. Also, you can view it all on one page here.

This is not a new shot, but one of my favorite reflections. Taken on Idaho HW93 along the Salmon…

Keep a lookout for our next Shooting Challenge, to be announced this Wednesday. In the meantime, call our your faves in the comments. Oh, and we'll be posting wallpapers from this and a few older contests later this week.

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